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#QatarAirways set for combined Lusaka and Harare flights three times a week

FLIGHTS FROM DOHA TO LUSAKA AND HARARE TO COMMENCE ON AUGUST 06TH (Posted 21st June 2021) Zambia and Zimbabwe are being added to Qatar Airways expanding list of destinations in Africa from early August, bringing its award-winning service to two important southern African destinations. The new service to Lusaka and onwards to Harare is scheduled […]

#IndiaOutbound’s latest news updates

About India Outbound Magazine India Outbound, a brand of Media India Group, is India’s only B2B travel media platform, that encompasses a print magazine, a website, an online TV channel and dynamic social media platforms, entirely dedicated to the promotion of foreign destinations and products in India. India Outbound is a niche platform not just […]

COVID19 – Daily updates from #Africa and for Africa

#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 20th of June 2021) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT This daily update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, now once again serving #Entebbe #Uganda Global overview: 179.075.030 Cases and 3.877.769 Deaths as of 20th of June 2021 163.607.989 cases have recovered. The […]

COVID19 – Daily updates from #Africa and for Africa

#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 19th of June 2021) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT This daily update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, now once again serving #Entebbe #Uganda Global overview: 178.705.508 Cases and 3.869.142 Deaths as of 19th of June 2021 163.234.769 cases have recovered. The […]

Another crash in Congo rocks the aviation fraternity

LET 410 CARGO FLIGHT CRASH KILLS CREW OF THREE (Posted 19th June 2021) (Accident picture courtesy of @ambadrien) A LET410, registered as 9S-GRJ – MSN 872006, crashed during the initial climb out of Bukavu-Kavumu airport (BKY / FZMA) while performing a flight to Shabunda (FZMW) some 105 miles to the west. The aircraft performed its […]

Uganda goes into a 42 day lockdown to halt the rapid spread of the pandemic

TOURISTS ARE ALLOWED TO MOVE BUT THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING (Posted 19th June 2021) Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last night in a speech broadcast on all TV and radio channels across the country announced what he termed ‘urgent and temporary but extraordinary measures … to protect and preserve our lives‘. Amongst […]

COVID19 – Daily updates from #Africa and for Africa

#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 18th of June 2021) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT This daily update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, now once again serving #Entebbe #Uganda on a daily basis Global overview: 178.305.475 Cases and 3.859.980 Deaths as of 18th of June 2021 162.804.375 […]

Kampala experiences a 4.6 Richter Scale tumble

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE NOTICED IN KAMPALA LAST EVENING (Posted 18th June 2021) Kampala residents, last evening just before 6 pm local time, felt earth tremors which were later also verified by Earthquake Watch and other organizations. The magnitude of the quake was set at 4.6 on the open ended Richter Scale, enough to be felt but […]

Ethiopian Embassy in Kampala set to host virtual tourism meeting next Wednesday

DISCOVER WHY ETHIOPIA IS THE ORIGIN OF SO MUCH (Posted 18th June 2021) The Ethiopian Embassy in Kampala will host a virtual tourism meeting next Wednesday, 23rd of June, to showcase the tourism attractions of Ethiopia. Chief Guest will be the CEO for Ethiopia Tourism, Mr. Sileshi Girma. Wrote the Ethiopian Embassy to ATCNews: The […]

Alain St. Ange mourns the passing of Zambia’s founder president Kenneth Kaunda

AFRICA MOURNS THE PASSING OF ONE OF ITS GREAT INDEPENDENCE LEADERS (Posted 18th June 2021) Alain St. Ange has expressed his sorrow and condolences to the people of Zambia and in fact to Africa, when news broke last night that Kenneth Kaunda, the founder president of Zambia, had passed away. “I have had the pleasure […]

COVID19 – Daily updates from #Africa and for Africa

#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 17th of June 2021) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT This daily update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, now once again serving #Entebbe #Uganda Global overview: 177.916.589 Cases and 3.851.096 Deaths as of 17th of June 2021 162.426.110 cases have recovered. The […]

#AirKenya’s latest news updates

An Offer You Can’t Refuse Warm greetings from Airkenya! Travellers are ready to explore uncharted territories again, with travel trends like #TakeMeThere buzzing on the online scene. Therefore, we are presenting you with attractive offers no one can refuse. Find this and more in this month’s roundup. Let’s dive in. Digital Local Travel Health Surveillance […]

#BrusselsAirlines resumes daily flights to Entebbe / Uganda

BRUSSELS AIRLINES GOES DAILY AGAIN TO ENTEBBE (Posted 17th June 2021) Brussels Airlines has earlier this week resumed daily flights between the European capital city and Entebbe in Uganda. Two of the flights will, as in the pre-pandemic schedule, route via Bujumbura / Burundi while the other five flights will route via Kigali / Rwanda. […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

CCA IN THE NEWS U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2021 – July 27 – 29 AllAfrica Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will hold this year’s 13th U.S.-Africa Business Summit virtually to build sustainable partnerships and opportunities between key government and private sector decision-makers across America and the African continent…Read more>> CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Pfizer’s COVID-19 […]

COVID19 – Daily updates from #Africa and for Africa

#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 16th of June 2021) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT This daily update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, now once again serving #Entebbe #Uganda Global overview: 177.489.102 Cases and 3.840.284 Deaths as of 16th of June 2021 161.939.478 cases have recovered. The […]

Alain St. Ange continues with his South South dialogue in Indonesia

INDONESIA TOURISM SEES OPENING OF ARASATU VILLAS & SANCTUARY (Posted 16th June 2021) The Governor of Kalimantan Timur, H.E. Dr. Ir. H. Isran Noor, M. Si., the Bupati (Local Premier) of Kabupaten Berau, Hj. Sri Juniarsih Mas and their tourism department delegations were joined by H.E. Nico Barito, the Seychelles Special Envoy to ASEAN and […]

#IndiaOutbound’s latest news updates

About India Outbound Magazine India Outbound, a brand of Media India Group, is India’s only B2B travel media platform, that encompasses a print magazine, a website, an online TV channel and dynamic social media platforms, entirely dedicated to the promotion of foreign destinations and products in India. India Outbound is a niche platform not just […]

Airlink resumes flights from Kruger to Vilanculos

AIRLINK RESUMES THEIR BUSH TO BEACH SERVICE BETWEEN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK AND MOZAMBIQUE’S VILANCULOS (Posted 16th June 2021) Airlink, the independent Southern African regional airline, will expand its leisure travel network when it resumes flights from Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to Vilanculos in Mozambique from 02nd of July 2021. The re-established service will operate […]

John Corse’s urgent appeal to the UK government on aid to Africa

AFRICA GETS LEFT BEHIND A contribution by John Corse, Chairman, ATTA (Posted 15th June 2021) “Can I have a job?’ Well, I’ve never been greeted in this way in Tanzania before and I was shocked to hear it this morning, as I panted up the hill on my bike into Arusha. I felt as if […]

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The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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